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David J. Skal

David J. Skal

Actor, Writer, Director

Born June 21, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died January 1, 2024

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David John Skal was an American cultural historian, critic, writer, and on-camera commentator known for his research and analysis of horror films and horror literature.

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Vampira: the Movie (2006) - Trailer

Filmography

Actor

53

Type

Year

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story Poster

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story Feature Film2022Self - Interviewee

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Poster

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Documentary2021Self - Interviewee

Monster Manor 1313 Poster

Monster Manor 1313 TV Series2021Self

In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss Poster

In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss Documentary2020Self - film historian

The UnXplained Poster

The UnXplained TV Series2019Self - Author, The Monster Show

Eli Roth's History of Horror Poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror TV Series2018Self

Creature Features Poster

Creature Features TV Series2016Self

The Undead Series Poster

The Undead Series Feature Film2016Self

That $#!% Will Rot Your Brain: How the Monster Kids Transformed Popular Culture Poster

That $#!% Will Rot Your Brain: How the Monster Kids Transformed Popular Culture Documentary2014Self

Feminine Fantastique: Resurrecting 'the Vampire Lovers' Video2013Self

The Psychology of Scary Movies Poster

The Psychology of Scary Movies Short Film2013Self

The AckerMonster Chronicles! Poster

The AckerMonster Chronicles! Documentary2012Self

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie Poster

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie Video2012Self

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil Poster

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil Documentary2012Self - Author

Among the Rugged Peaks Documentary2011Self

David J. Skal on 'Island of Lost Souls' Video2011Self

The Real Vampire Files Poster

The Real Vampire Files Documentary2010Self

When Vampires Don't Suck Poster

When Vampires Don't Suck Video2010Self

Ancient Aliens Poster

Ancient Aliens TV Series2009Self - Author, V is for Vampire

Trick 'r Treat: The Lore and Legends of Halloween Poster

Trick 'r Treat: The Lore and Legends of Halloween Video2009Self - author of 'Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween'

True Blood-Lines: A New Type TV Movie2008Self

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon Documentary2008Self - Author & Historian

The Fearmakers Collection Poster

The Fearmakers Collection Documentary2007Self

American Stag Poster

American Stag Documentary2006Self

Hitchcocked! Poster

Hitchcocked! Documentary2006Self

Night Terrors Poster

Night Terrors Documentary2006Self

Vampira: The Movie Poster

Vampira: The Movie Documentary2006Self

The Perfect Scary Movie Poster

The Perfect Scary Movie Documentary2005Self

Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield Poster

Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield Documentary2004Self

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures Poster

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures TV Movie2004Self

The 100 Scariest Movie Moments Poster

The 100 Scariest Movie Moments Mini-Series2004Self

Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema Poster

Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema Documentary2004Self - Author

The 100 Greatest Scary Moments Poster

The 100 Greatest Scary Moments Documentary2003Self

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Poster

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Video2002Self - Host

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Poster

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Documentary2002Self - Host

The Vampire Hunters Club Poster

The Vampire Hunters Club Video2001Bart Barlow

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Video2000Self - Host

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Poster

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Documentary2000Self - film historian

Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' Poster

Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' Documentary1999Self

The Road to Dracula Poster

The Road to Dracula Documentary1999Self

E! Mysteries & Scandals Poster

E! Mysteries & Scandals TV Series1998Self

History's Mysteries Poster

History's Mysteries TV Series1998Self

SexTV TV Series1998Self

Universal Horror Poster

Universal Horror Documentary1998Self

A-Z of Horror Poster

A-Z of Horror Mini-Series1997Self

100 Years of Horror Poster

100 Years of Horror TV Series1996Self - Author - 'Dark Carnival'

100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family Documentary1996Self

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth Poster

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth TV Movie1996Self

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Poster

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Documentary1994Self

Biography Poster

Biography TV Series1987Self

20/20 TV Series1978Self

Great Performances Poster

Great Performances TV Series1971Reporter

Horror Icons: The Immortal Bela Lugosi Feature FilmSelf - Interviewee

Writer

13

Type

Year

Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination Poster

Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination Documentary2003

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Poster

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Video2002

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Poster

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Documentary2002

The Universe According to Universal Poster

The Universe According to Universal Documentary2002

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Video2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Poster

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Documentary2000

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Poster

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Documentary2000

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Poster

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Documentary2000

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Poster

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Documentary1999

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Poster

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Documentary1999

The Road to Dracula Poster

The Road to Dracula Documentary1999

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Poster

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Documentary1999

Biography Poster

Biography TV Series1987

Director

13

Type

Year

Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal Documentary2003

Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination Poster

Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination Documentary2003

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Poster

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Video2002

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Poster

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Documentary2002

The Universe According to Universal Poster

The Universe According to Universal Documentary2002

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Video2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Poster

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Documentary2000

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Poster

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Documentary2000

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Poster

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Documentary2000

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Poster

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Documentary1999

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Poster

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Documentary1999

The Road to Dracula Poster

The Road to Dracula Documentary1999

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Poster

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Documentary1999

Producer

13

Type

Year

Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal Documentary2003

Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination Poster

Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination Documentary2003

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Poster

Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle Video2002

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Poster

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Documentary2002

The Universe According to Universal Poster

The Universe According to Universal Documentary2002

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Video2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Poster

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Documentary2000

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Poster

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Documentary2000

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Poster

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Documentary2000

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Poster

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Documentary1999

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Poster

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Documentary1999

The Road to Dracula Poster

The Road to Dracula Documentary1999

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Poster

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Documentary1999

Thanks

10

Type

Year

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie Poster

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie Video2012

Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon Documentary2008

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story Poster

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story Documentary2007

Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos Poster

Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos Documentary2004

Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema Poster

Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema Documentary2004

Carla Laemmle Remembers: An Interview with David J. Skal Documentary2003

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Poster

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Documentary2000

Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' Poster

Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' Documentary1999

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Poster

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale Documentary1999

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Poster

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Documentary1994

Other Crew

9

Type

Year

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Poster

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster Documentary2002

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters! Video2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Poster

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Documentary2000

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Poster

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! Documentary2000

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Poster

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked Documentary2000

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Poster

She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein Documentary1999

The Road to Dracula Poster

The Road to Dracula Documentary1999

Universal Horror Poster

Universal Horror Documentary1998

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Poster

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Documentary1994

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